The largest festival of its kind featuring only made-in-Montana beers, the warmly-wrapped patrons were treated to 118 beers in a wide-variety of styles from breweries stretching from Hamilton to Sidney. (That’s 599 miles along the fastest route from Bitter Root Brewing to Meadowlark Brewing.)

Photo Credit: MAP Brewing Co.

Missoula’s homebrewing club, the Zoo City Zymurgists, judged the beers in a blind-judging format, selecting the highest scoring beers in each category to compete for best-in-show honors. The winning beers were: